The Eye Care Delivery Programme of Platform Petroleum Company, operation of the Egboma Marginal Oil Field, in Ukwuani Local Government Area of Delta State has ended with a call on the host community to embrace peace and security programme of the state government.
The call was made at Akoko Uno by Bar.Anioye Ekalloma, legal and public affairs officer of platform Petroleum Limited Umutu, at the close of activities by the medical team which visited four host communities in its areas of operation, aimed at providing health care service to the people.
Barrister Ekalloma who was impressed with the turn out, advised the people to always patronize qualified medical practitioner rather that quack the people who may at the end worsen their health situations.
He appealed to the host community, to be peaceful, stressing that it was the only way to attract further assistance from the company, just as he maintained that there was alternative to conducive working environment.
The eye care programme which was flagged off at Umutu on the 12th of September, 2011 got to, llogoli Ogbe Uzu and Akoku Uno Communities with each of them having three days of medical attention.
During the exercise, seven hundred and three (703) persons were screened and administered with drugs, one hundred and forty seven (147) persons had eye surgery, while a total of three hundred and fifty six (356) persons were issued lenses.
Expressing their appreciations on behalf of the community and patient, Hon. Humphrey Uzuak pundu thanked platform Petroleum for their kind gesture, noting that the exercise was not part of the memorandum of understanding entered into by the community and the company.
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